Cedar Rapids considers city sale of school property for parking
Civic groups back transferring the winter high school site to the city for a parking area. The plan aims to relieve a blighted property, provide public use, and generate revenue without private sale. Officials seek a rapid decision to allow March voter approval if needed.
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Krerng
Minc
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Civic Affairs Committee
Chamber of Commerce
School Board
Cedar Rapids
Office wag reads 1938 salary list and picks soap business
An office wag after scanning the 1938 big salary list suggests the soap business as a path for an ambitious young man who wants to clean up.
Put up or shut up in bootlegging probe called for
Polk County Attorney F. J. Kuble challenged Senator Clyde Herring to name bootleggers or provide specifics for his charges that large scale bootlegging exists in Iowa. The senator refused to reveal names, claiming information is general and obtainable from various sources. The piece notes officials’ reluctance to supply names and urges concrete evidence be filed with authorities to inform the public.
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Polk County
F. J. Kuble
Clyde Herring
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Iowa
Herring
Curtis
Liquor Control Commission
Kuble
Panama Declaration Fails to Keep US Out of War
The Panama neutrality proposal may still prove useful by keeping the United States out of Europe’s conflicts, though Britain and France refuse to recognize the safety belt. They cite several valid concerns that the scheme is unworkable and would cause friction.
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Panama
United States
Europe
Great Britain
France
Ttis
America
Federal Grand Jury
Jobless young Americans face scarce opportunities in crowded fields
A Time report based on Science Research Associates findings notes thousands of graduates crowd job ads and streets while demand seeks trained office machine operators. The piece urges business schools, warns of personal charm shortages, and mocks political promises as it weighs national labor realities.
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Science Research Associates
Chicago
Red Army Threats Pivot on Hitler Innings to Finns
The piece mocks grand strategic bluster by the Red Army threatening Hitler’s involvement to force Finnish compliance, noting ambiguity about Adolf’s willingness to intervene and the Finns’ possible response.
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Red Army
Hitler
Adolf
Panama declaration may temper Allied sentiment in wartime
The passage argues that a nonbinding policy to keep the Americas neutral would provoke British and French rejection, cooling American pro Allied sentiment. It suggests this could lessen pressure toward entering European wars, viewing the conflict more realistically and in American interests. The text frames the policy as a potential long term blunder that may turn out beneficial.
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Americas
United States
Panama
Veterans of Future Wars movement fades from politics
The piece notes the Veterans of Future Wars movement retreating from the political scene as too suggestive. It also mentions the harsh weather with temperatures near seventy below and asks about Cafego’s recovery from a game knee and his status.
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Cafego
Walter Winchell on Broadway condemns Christian Front threats
Walter Winchell critiques the Christian Front as misusing religion to plot overthrow. He argues for a full federal grand jury review, stresses equal protection, and urges a fair trial under the Constitution. He notes the danger posed by armed radicals and defends civic unity and patriotism.
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Christian Front
Constitution as bedrock and beacon for all mankind
The piece extols the U S Constitution as the foundation and shield of national unity. It argues that true Americans defend the rights of all, including those they dislike, and that loyalty to the Constitution safeguards freedom, prevents private groups from waging war, and upholds minority protections for future generations.
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America
United States
Distinguishing a nonanginal chest pain in heart disease
Doctors Moia and Battle discuss a nonparoxysmal precordial pain that can occur with or without detectable organic heart disease. They note diagnostic limits, the ambiguity between normal arteries and early arteriosclerosis, and the absence of functional tests in routine life insurance examinations.
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Ol Doc Brady
Moia
Battle
Vitamin B in Heart Disease Reverses Pain Says Doctor
The article notes that Drs Moia and Battle observed pain relief in nervous patients with heart region pain after vitamin B therapy. It argues vitamin B or B complex supports heart function, contrasting old medical nihilism with evolving practice.
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Moia
Battle
Questions and Answers Rumor of Corn Remedy
A reader asks for corn remedies and wart cures. The column cites salicylic acid tincture use on corns, plus other at home remedies and cautions about warts. It advertises a booklet on foot care and a Skin Oil product with instructions.
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A. L. Ans
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Digitalis
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White Eagle Coalco
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
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